MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510160000F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510160000F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.2,-96.3 Latitude: 33.20 Longitude: -96.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 102 SFC 991 178 22.0 19.9 88 2.0 20.6 189 10 295.9 298.6 294.0 338.9 14.96 2 950 547 20.0 19.9 99 0.1 19.9 208 27 297.5 300.3 295.0 342.6 15.56 3 900 1014 19.3 15.6 79 3.7 16.8 229 23 301.4 303.7 293.9 338.1 12.46 4 850 1504 16.4 11.8 74 4.6 13.4 232 22 303.3 305.2 292.7 333.8 10.26 5 800 2019 16.4 -8.1 18 24.5 5.2 233 18 308.6 309.1 287.7 316.9 2.59 6 750 2566 14.2 -0.7 36 14.9 6.2 232 8 312.0 312.9 290.9 327.2 4.85 7 700 3142 8.7 2.5 65 6.2 5.2 241 8 312.1 313.4 292.4 332.6 6.57 8 650 3750 3.5 0.0 78 3.5 1.7 247 16 312.9 314.1 292.1 331.4 5.90 9 600 4394 -0.3 -10.3 47 10.0 -4.5 243 24 315.8 316.3 290.3 325.2 2.91 10 550 5085 -4.3 -25.3 18 21.0 -10.3 250 25 319.0 319.1 289.4 322.1 0.89 11 500 5829 -8.3 -38.5 7 30.2 -14.3 256 28 322.9 322.9 289.9 323.9 0.27 12 450 6638 -13.2 -41.9 7 28.7 -18.1 270 33 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.4 0.21 13 400 7524 -19.6 -42.7 11 23.1 -23.0 264 39 329.5 329.5 291.8 330.3 0.22 14 350 8498 -27.5 -50.7 9 23.2 -29.6 264 42 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.1 0.10 15 300 9588 -36.3 -50.7 21 14.4 -37.3 270 52 334.2 334.3 293.0 334.7 0.12 16 250 10824 -46.7 -53.6 45 6.9 -47.0 272 60 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.1 0.10 17 200 12272 -54.3 -68.5 16 14.3 -54.5 268 66 346.9 346.9 296.0 346.9 0.02 18 150 14079 -63.2 -79.1 10 15.9 -63.3 261 55 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16514 -72.6 -86.2 11 13.6 -72.7 259 30 387.4 387.4 303.4 387.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.75 m Freezing level: 604.14 mb = 4341.05 m = 14242.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.51 mb = 3918.76 m = 12856.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.79 % Est. max temperature: 30.28 C = 86.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.61 mb = 432.77 m = 1419.83 ft T: 20.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 25.72 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.11 mb = 1382.92 m = 4537.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.91 C = 84.04 F Cap Strength: 3.68 C Lifted Index: -1.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.96 C Showalter Index: 1.15 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.68 C Cross Totals Index: 20.09 C K Index: 30.26 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 289.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 591.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 190.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.19 mb = 850.61 m = 2790.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.19 mb = 3474.64 m = 11399.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.19 mb = 11303.40 m = 37084.20 ft B at Equ Level: 587.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.19 mb = 13588.39 m = 44580.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.9 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 269.9 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -5.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.6 neg: -32.3 tot: 81.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 31.01 Bulk Shear: 19.07 m/s